Sunday, 10th Jan:

Woke up early for the feng shui extravaganza at KLCC. Stood there real early before the doors were opened. People were very excited and came an hour early. I was half-asleep as usual.

Here's the very big launch of Lillian Too's new book, Living with Good Feng Shui. Apparently sold out in Singapore.



I took more pictures of the conference but somehow, they turned out crooked or not in focus. So I can't upload them here. It was very interesting. I thought it felt like the hall of a charismatic church. Lillian Too went around shaking the hands of people and kissing babies or grandmothers etc. Felt like I was at a rock concert with fans of the idol rushing to catch a hold of their hands or hair. She looked very different from the covers of her books. Maybe she was dressed to impress for the book signing to be held during the intermission. She even had costume changes. 3 outfits from a green fitted dress, to purple slacks and later to a red dress for the ending.

For those interested in the feng shui for 2010, it is the year of the Tiger and we have the metal and earth elements clashing. Usually when this happens, it is not a very good year but not a bad bad year. The year should see more natural disasters and earthquakes or events that occur with a disruption in the earth's core. It will be a dry year so water and liquid elements are prized and people should carry them around. Lillian Too also made some funky predictions which I think is courting controversy. Her industries and stock predictions are quite wonky but maybe of interest to punters. I think she mentioned her consultation fees are US$10,000 per hour so maybe these punters can take last year's gains and go consult her :)

Overall, I think it was a very successful convention. She clearly delivered her message on what she sees for the coming year in the astrological and geomancy point of view. Her numerous products/remedies were made available to the public. I think she can be a much bigger success in the English-speaking countries like US, England and Australia but chose to focus on Asia where her roots are. So she is not as commercial as others have written. Instead, me thinks she is a smart businesswoman who knows what makes her happy and is content with what she has had. Good qualities for a banker too, may I add.

To round up our KL trip, we went back to Chinatown and bought a whole lot more food and polished it off all in the hotel room. I love Ipoh hor fun here. Very smooth. The sambal grilled stuff was too hot for my liking but I guess, the chilly lovers really enjoyed it. Give me my Chomp Chomp sambal stingray anytime.

Next time in KL, I would love to go to the Beach Club and eat at Bangsar again.